Thread: best way to waterproof dizzy and coil?????

and also will i have to waterproof my alternator to save the bearings cheers guys

When I was still driving Leyland Minis in my youth, we used to use a rubber glove and run the HT leads through the finger-tips and wrap the wrist portion over dizzy body.

Now a V8 is a little more difficult: didn't Rover make a rubber cover for the V8 dizzies? Or use a rubber glove and run 2 HT leads thru each finger and then use silicon to seal the tips.

Coil: use a condom......

Alternator: no mate, not much you can do except avoid the water.

By the way, doing a lot of wading means you HAVE checked your diff breathers, as well as your wading plugs?

I am certain that I have seen moulded covers for both V8 dizzies and coils. Someone who does off road competion should be able to point you in the right direction.

I have also heard of people pressurising their dizzy to prevent water ingress. Other than that a bit of grease around the appropriate places.

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SV8 waterproof kit :: Land Rover Accessories from Mill Services zacc

Make sure your HT leads are in good condition as well, no point putting a johnny made for space aliens on your dizzy cap if the electricty can't get to your spark plugs to make that glourious fuel go bang.

There is a silicon spray you can buy that you just spray on befor you go.
Wurth suplies it but im shore you could get it from auto barn.
Not shore what it is caled but I hear people have also used WD40.
Hope that helps a bit.

I spray everything with Innox before I hit the water now,, seems to work well, even when high pressure cleaning

the distributor , alternator and maf are all pretty high up on your engine, so it really isn't a problem unless you really dunk it.
but when you dunk it over the starter motor, get your dollars out, as the starter is the one thing you want, especially if it's an auto.
any dunking deep enough to get to the bell housing will cause the starter to get wet.
sealing the starter is a waste of time as the starter ring gear will throw water into the starter, if you sealed it, kiss it good night as the water cannot get out, so the brushes freeze and the starter dies.

how do i know this?

three starters later and several rebuilds propping the starter up until the thing dies.
oh, it's not nuch joy to need it towed out of a deep hole as it has crapped the starter either, someone has to go in and attach the recovery strap.

but i would fit a splash guard under it to try to stop the splash getting into the fan, as the fan spreads it everywhere.

welcome to land rovers,
i hope you have fun and enjoy the ride.